Summit Mayor Percy Robinson broke a tie vote Tuesday to demand the resignation of a police lieutenant.
In a 12-minute executive session councilmen Julius Nash and Chris Daniels voted to ask for Kevin Kirk’s resignation, while councilman Lewis and Pittman opposed.
“We have a personnel issue with officer Kevin Kirk,” Robinson said after the vote. “The board has voted in a 2-2 tie to have him resign his position. I had to break the tie. He is to resign his position.”
Officials did not disclose a reason for Kirk’s dismissal.
Earlier in the meeting, the council agreed to reimburse Kirk $40 for a doctor's visit for a drug screening, which Police Chief Kenny Cotton said last week was done at the request of a town council member.
Board appointments approved
In another matter, the council reappointed two people to their current positions on the planning commission and housing authority boards in split votes and appointed a new housing authority commissioner.
The council voted 3-1 to reappoint Stan McMorris to the housing authority board, with Lewis, Pittman and Daniels in favor and Nash opposed. The council voted 4-0 to appoint Adrian Swanigan to the housing authority board, which now has four members instead of three. The others are Ray Smith and Janice Isaac Gooden.
The council also voted 3-1, with Nash opposing, to reappoint Dr. Tom Carey to the planning commission.
In other business, the council:
• Accepted a $16,500 bid from Pocket Money Dirt Work for work to clear overbrush at Greenlawn Cemetery.
• Accepted a $15,800 bid from Triple B Tree Service for tree removal.
• Accepted a $2,500 quote from Dungan Engineering to rank the condition of town streets ahead of making a decision on whether to use American Rescue Plan Act funds to make repairs.
• Approved the payment of $330 for BBI to install software at the clerk’s office and police department.
• Approved a resolution authorizing the town to apply for a Community Development Block Grant.
• Accepted a quote from a mass notification system for $2,400 from Go Gov.
• Agreed to consolidate bank accounts for Woodlawn and Greenlawn cemeteries.
• Accepted a bid from J. Norman Roberts for maintenance at Woodlawn Cemetery for $1,500 a month from April through October.
• Accepted a bid from Noble Affordable Lawn Care to maintain Greenlawn Cemetery from April through October for $1,800 per month.
• Let die for a alack of a second a motion to return the public works department’s weekly 40-hour schedule to Monday through Friday instead of the current Monday-through-Thursday arrangement.
• Approved a vendor agreement for Southwest Mississippi Opportunity’s low-income household water assistance program.
• Credited Margie Nash’s water account $120 for late fees.
• Approved paying $88.43 to Danielle Conerly for a credit card payment that was drafted from her credit card but never posted to her water account.
• Approved a $177 refund to Charles Marsalis for a water payment that Marsalis erroneously deposited into the town’s bank account instead of the North Pike Rural Water Association.
• Approved travel for Nash to attend the Mississippi Economic Development Council’s Economic Leaders Forum in Jackson in May.
